Novel predictive factors for patient discomfort and severe cough during bronchoscopy: A prospective questionnaire analysis.

During bronchoscopy, discomfort is mainly caused by an unavoidable cough; however, there are no reports of any predictive factors for strong cough during bronchoscopy identified before the procedure. To clarify the factors underlying the discomfort status and predictive factors for strong cough duri...

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Main Authors: Fumi Kobayashi, Takeshi Saraya, Miku Oda, Sho Sakuma, Masato Watanabe, Saori Takata, Masaki Tamura, Hiroki Takakura, Keitaro Nakamoto, Kojiro Honda, Kosuke Ohkuma, Sunao Mikura, Manami Inoue, Aya Hirata, Nozomi Kurokawa, Tatsuya Shirai, Kaori Aso, Akinari Noda, Chika Miyaoka, Yuki Yoshida, Narishige Ishikawa, Kikuko Morita, Eriko Ieki, Hiromi Nakajima, Haruyuki Ishii, Hajime Takizawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240485